This document discusses films and popular culture from the 1990s and late 1990s/early 2000s. It provides summaries and context about notable mob films from the 1990s like Goodfellas, Casino, and A Bronx Tale. It then discusses the blockbuster film Titanic from 1997, including details about the plot, characters, and cultural impact. Finally, it summarizes the science fiction film The Matrix from 1999, focusing on its special effects, martial arts training, and cultural significance regarding emerging internet and Y2K issues.

1. 90’s Era

2. Mob Films in the 90’s
Oscar Buendia

3. Goodfellas
• Stellar Cast
• Based of real life events
• One of my favorite films

4. Casino
• Great Acting
• Also based on real life
events
• Robert DeNiro
• Joe Pesci

5. A Bronx Tale
• One of my favorite films of
all time
• Great Story
• Directed by Robert DeNiro
• Robert DeNiro also acted

6. Notable Films of the Era
• Pulp Fiction
• Godfather Part 3
• Reservoir Dogs

7. TITANIC 1997
• Directed by: James Cameron
• Produced by: James Cameron & Jon Landau
• Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet
• Editing by: James Cameron, Conrad Buff, and Richard A. Harris
• Release Date: November 1st 1997 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
• December 19th 1997 (United States)
• Budget: $200 million
• Box office: $2,122,580,226

8. Main Characters
• Leonardo Dicaprio played
as Jack Dawson: Cameron
said he needed the cast to
feel as though they were
really on the Titanic, relive
its liveliness, and "to take
that energy and give it to
Jack, he's an artist who is
able to have his heart
soar".Within the film, Jack
is portrayed as a penniless
man.

9. Kate Winslet
• Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater/:
Cameron said Winslet "had the thing
that you look for" and that there was
"a quality in her face, in her eyes," that
he "just knew people would be ready
to go the distance with her". Rose is a
17-year-old girl, originally from
Philadelphia , who is forced into an
engagement to 30-year-old Cal
Hockley so she and her mother, Ruth,
can maintain their high-class status
after her father's death had left the
family debt-ridden. Rose boards the
RMS Titanic with Cal and Ruth, as a
first-class passenger, and meets Jack.
Winslet said of her character, "She
has got a lot to give, and she's got a
very open heart. And she wants to
explore and adventure the world, but
she [feels] that's not going to happen."

10. Plot
• On April 10th 1912, the Titanic ship sailed for the very first time. Of the
passengers there was 17-year-old first class passenger Rose and her fiancé
Cal. Cal was as rich as Rose and her family was, but her family has secret
financial issues. Rose is not in love with Cal and does not want to marry him, but
her mother is dependent on her because marrying Cal will help pay for their
financial problems.
• Rose attempts to commit suicide by jumping off the ship until Jack
Dawson saves her life. Jack Dawson was a third class passenger who won his
cruise tickets by playing a card game. Rose and Jack begin to fall in love and
Cal starts to realize it. Cal forbids Rose to spend anymore time with Jack but she
continues to do so.
• On April 14th 1912, the Titanic hits an iceberg and begins to sink. Jack
and Rose are together in the water when Jack sinks and dies right in front of her.
There were 2,223 passengers in total, 1,514 died, and 710 survived. The film
shows flashbacks of Rose telling her story, 84 years later.

11. Titanic
Against expectations, the film went on to
become the highest-grossing film to date (it
was surpassed in 2010 by Cameron's
directorial follow-up, Avatar), grossing more
than US$ 1.843 billion in box-office receipts
worldwide, and transformed DiCaprio into a
commercial movie superstar, resulting in fan
worship among teenage girls and young
women in general that became known as
"Leo-Mania." He was nominated for most of
the high-profile awards, including a second
Golden Globe nomination. Upon the success
of Titanic, DiCaprio stated in 2000: "I have no
connection with me during that whole Titanic
phenomenon and what my face became
around the world [...] I'll never reach that state
of popularity again, and I don't expect to. It's
not something I'm going to try to achieve
either."

12. Directed : Steven Spielberg
Jurassic Park (1993)
Released: Universal Studios
Starring: Sam Neill, Jeff
Goldblum, and Laura Dern
Screenplay: Michael Crichton,
author of the NY Times Best
Selling novel of the same name.
Winner of 3 Academy Awards:
Best Sound Effects Editing, Best
Visual Effects, Best Sound
Budget: $63 million
Box Office: $914 million

13. DNA and Its Possibilities
In the film, DNA was The OJ Simpson murder trial,
extracted from a mosquito which happened right after
trapped in amber which
drank blood of the dinosaurs. the movie came out, brought
This allowed scientists to DNA to the collective
clone them. conscientiousness.

14. S o H ow D o Yo u
Build a
Dinosaur?
•All the dinosaurs were
created by Industrial Light
and Magic
•Large models were built and
then scanned into computers
with a laser.
•Advanced computer
programs animated the
creatures. The advancement
of computers throughout the
1990s made “Jurassic Park”
possible.

15. Sources
• Bibliography
International Movie Database. Jurassic Park. 2011.
<http://www.imdb.com>.
Jurassic Park. Dir. Steven Spielberg. 1993.
Oracle ThinkQuest Education Foundation. "Jurassic Park." 1996.
Computer Effects: Creatures, Jurassic Park.
<http://library.thinkquest.org/3496/zjurassic.html>.

16. Selena

17. The Queen of Tejano Music
• Jennifer Lopez as
SelenaConstance Marie as
Marcella QuintanillaJon Seda as
Chris PerezEdward James
Olmos as Abraham Quintanilla
Jr.
• The movie was a huge success
in the Hispanic Market.
Box office: $35,450,113

18. Selennaaassss
• Popularized Selena’s music in the American markets. Everyone now knew
Selena and Jennifer Lopez.
• Selena sung most of the songs that appeared in the film. Jlo lips sung.
• Movies based on a person’s life is mostly more about the acting than
anything else.
• The actors, with the help of the Quintanilla family, were able to study each of
their characters and accurately portray them in the film.
• The movie makers were very good at making montages and making them
flow.
• Bidi Bidi Bom Bom

19. Jennifer Lopez:
The Break Out Star
• Many did not want her to portray Selena
because of her Puerto Rican descent.
• Lopez began a successful acting and signing
career after this film. Critics have noted as
this being one of Lopez’ best acting
performances.
• She learned from the Quintanilla family on
how to portray the Tejano singer.
• She studied Selena’s mannerisms when she
performs. She even learned a trick Selena
did with her lips while performing.

20. And that’s Selena

21. The Year 1999
• Napster debuts
• Kid Rock and Ricky Martin are popular music
icons
• Pokemon and Harry Potter are popular
• The internet is becoming more advanced and
popular
• The world fears Y2K

22. The Matrix
• Directed by The Wachowski Brothers
• Debuted March 31, 1999
• Stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-
Anne Moss, and Hugo Weaving
• Won 4 Oscars in 2000, including Best Visual
Effects
• Focused on an important event of the time: Y2K
and the internet becoming more popular

23. Special Effects
• Main actors spent 4 months in martial arts training
• The famous Bullet Time sequence, where Neo dodges
the bullets, was created through a combination of still
photography and computer graphics
• Fight scenes sometimes took ten days over schedule
to complete shooting
• Opening scene took $10 million to shoot
• Wachowski Brothers wrote 14 drafts of the screenplay